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Ayman al Zawahiri released a video message on August 27 called the "Path of Doom". Was it a flop? US intelligence sources indicate it might be, because it didn't go "viral" on the internet. It appears the message reached a much smaller number of sites than other messages he released between November 2008 and February 2009. Why is that? Experts say periodically sites or portals that ar used to spread Al Qaida's messages are shut down, sometimes Al Qaida loses operative who work on propaganda to air strikes. In this case it's hard to say why.

So did US drones kill Usama Bin Laden's son Saad? Words like probably and likely are being used to address the question. Why? Intelligence sources close to the situation say when people are killed in missile strikes, the only way to identify them is to test the DNA at the scene. Problem is in some countries for a number of reasons. DNA testing is not allowed. So, without a body, there's no way to say for sure that he was killed or even there.

The Wall Street Journal reports programs to help intelligence analysts connect dots have made halting progress "because they received only intermittent support from the White House and spy-agency leaders".

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that a 2008 law granting legal immunity for companies helping the National Security Agency with an email and telephone eavesdropping program is constitutional.

Host Bob Leins is joined by Ellen McCarthy, President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. They talk about what you need to know if you are interested in working in intelligence.
July 18, 2011